The 75th Golden Globes Film Winners vs Our Predictions

It was an eventful night at the 75th Golden Globes with the red carpet being a sea of black in solidarity with those who came forward in the recent sexual harassment scandals and also the gender pay gap with the #TimesUp campaign. Both Debra Messing and Eva Longoria called out E! Entertainment for their pay gap controversy while being interviewed by Guiliana Rancic and Ryan Seacrest for the pop culture channel, (Cat Sadler recently left the station after discovering that her male colleague made almost twice her salary for the same job) which was met by rapturous applause all over social media. All of that aside, the night had a fair few highlights and surprised, but also had a few Irish wins too. We made some predictions on the night so let’s see how we faired at this year’s Golden Globes.

Best Motion Picture – Drama

We said:
Who will win: The Post seems to be the bookies’ favourite at the moment and it’s easy to see why. Spielberg, Hanks and Streep all in one film?
Who should win: Three Billboards
Wildcard: Call Me By Your Name

I’m going to call this a win for us as Three Billboards… did walk away with the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Drama and it wasn’t the only award it picked up on the night. It is yet to be released in Ireland but keep an eye on Geek Ireland for our review coming soon.

Best Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical

We said:
Who Will Win: Lady Bird – critics went crazy for it upon release and sales went up after our very own Saoirse Ronan hosted Saturday Night Live (helped with a theatre screen expansion).
Who Should Win: The Disaster Artist – as our review said, this is everything The Room is and isn’t and that is quite the feat that deserves the win.
Wildcard: Get Out – for obvious reasons.

Unsurprisingly Lady Bird took the win in this category after being heavily favoured by the bookies in the lead up to the Golden Globes. Like Three Billboards…, it wasn’t the only award the film picked up on the night and again, isn’t released in Ireland until the end of February (23rd to be exact).

Best Actor – Drama

We said:
Who Will Win: Gary Oldman
Who Should Win: Gary Oldman
Wildcard: Toss up between Timothée Chalamet and Daniel Day Lewis.

All hail Gary Oldman! After a phenomenal performance as Winston Churchill, Gary Oldman finally walked away victorious at the Golden Globes for Darkest Hour. He’s the favourite for the Oscar win too so be sure to add this to your list of films to see.

Best Actress – Drama

We said:
Who Will Win: Either Hawkins or McDormand
Who Should Win: Again, either Hawkins or McDormand.
Wildcard: Meryl Streep as let’s face it, it’s Meryl Streep.

It was a two horse race for the Best Actress – Drama award at this year’s Golden Globes but Frances McDormand was the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s (HFPA) choice. Her performance in Three Billboards… was my personal favourite as the emotion she emits as a mother looking for justice for her murdered daughter was superb.

Best Actor – Musical or Comedy

We said:
Who Will Win: James Franco
Who Should Win: James Franco
Wildcard: I’m going to go with Daniel Kahuuya for this one as Get Out has such a following that you never know who the voters will go for.

As with the drama category, there was really only one man who would take this Golden Globe home and that was James Franco. Not only that, but he even brought up Tommy Wisseau onto the stage with him when he was accepting his award, he may not have let him speak (which was probably a smart move) but it was great to see Tommy finally make it to the Golden Globes.

Best Actress – Comedy/Musical

We Said:
Who Will Win: Margot Robbie or Saoirse Ronan
Who Should Win: Margot Robbie or Saoirse Ronan
Wildcard: Helen Mirren just because.

I wonder how many outlets today will be calling Saoirse Ronan British today and for the remainder of the awards season? Our very own Saoirse won the award for Best Actress – Musical or Comedy and she even Facetimed her mum who couldn’t make the awards as she accepted her award. How adorable is that? Depending on how the SAG Awards go, this could be a race to the Oscars between Frances McDormand, Sally Hawkins and Saoirse. Watch this space.

Best Supporting Actor

We Said:
Who Will Win: Plummer for pulling it out of the bag after taking on the role Ridley Scott fired Kevin Spacey from in light of the allegations made against him. The scandals are still hugely topical and a win for Plummer would be a big F**K You to those accused and also a big pat on the back for him for how he dealt with the role and situation.
Who Should Win: Willem Defoe or Sam Rockwell. If I can only pick one, then Rockwell.
Wildcard: Armie Hammer.

Victory was Sam Rockwell’s for his role in Three Billboards… and it was well deserved. It was a hotly contended category with many (including us) assuming Christopher Plummer might take home the gold after replacing Kevin Spacey in All the Money in the World a mere 6 weeks before the film was released. However, Rockwell’s performance was strong enough to overpower the possible urge to vote for Plummer as more of a statement rather than his performance (which in fairness, is still pretty dam awesome).

Best Supporting Actress

We said:
Who Will Win: Laurie Metcalf
Who Should Win: Mary J. Blige
Wildcard: Octavia Spencer as she is a critic’s favourite.

Not disappointed in the slightest that we called this one wrong as Allison Janney is just too brilliant in I, Tonya. Laurie Metcalf and Janney went into the awards as the favourites and in fairness, any of the winners would have been deserving of the win.

Best Director

We said:
Who Will Win: Christopher Nolan
Who Should Win: Martin McDonagh
Wildcard: Ridley Scott (again if people want to say f**k you to the scandals)

Well this category we got completely wrong. As fabulous as Shape of Water is, we did not expect Guillermo del Toro to win for Best Director. Considering all of the awards Three Billboards… picked up on the night, it’s surprising that Martin McDonagh didn’t win for his direction also. Nevertheless, congratulations to Guillermo on his win.

Best Screenplay

We said:
Who Will Win: Greta Gerwig
Who Should Win: Martin McDonagh
Wildcard: Aaron Sorkin

While he may not have won for his direction, he did win for his screenplay. Martin McDonagh can add a shiny new Golden Globe (or rather Globes) to his mantle piece after the awards show for his work on Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. We said he should win and are delighted that he did.

Best Animated Film

We said:
Who Will Win: It’s never a smart move to bet against Disney so it will probably be Coco
Who Should Win: The Breadwinner
Wildcard: The Boss Baby

It came as no surprise that Disney/Pixar’s Coco emerged victorious. Coco has been the most successful film in Mexico ever and the attention to detail of the heritage and culture of the film is in tradition with their own standards. We did hope for an Irish win for Cartoon Saloon and The Breadwinner but there’s a few more award shows to come so fingers crossed.

In terms of our own predictions, there were only 2 that we missed in the film categories that we covered so all in all, we didn’t do too badly. For a full list of winners, including those from the TV categories, click here.

Geek Ireland Chief of Operations, Film and TV enthusiast who is a Disnerd in every sense of the word: Animation, Pixar, Live action, Marvel and especially, Lucasfilm lover. Also be warned - don't talk to her before she's had at least 1 cup of tea....for your own safety.